Lujain

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Lujain
Sire Seeking the Gold
Grandsire Mr Prospector
DamSatin Flower
Damsire Shadeed
SexStallion
Foaled8 February 1996
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
Breeder Darley Stud
Owner Sheikh Mohammed
Godolphin
Trainer David Loder
Saeed bin Suroor
Record6: 3-0-0
Earnings£82,249
Major wins
Middle Park Stakes (1998)

Lujain (foaled 8 February 1996) was an American-bred, British-trained thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed his best form as a two-year-old in 1998 when he won his first three races by wide margins, culminating in a victory in the G1 Middle Park Stakes. He made no impact in three subsequent races and was retired to stud at the end of 1999. He had little success as a breeding stallion.

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Background

Lujain was a bay horse with no white markings bred in Kentucky by his owner, Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud. He was sired by Seeking the Gold who won the Super Derby, the Peter Pan Stakes, the Dwyer Stakes, and the Swale Stakes in 1988. He went on to become a very successful breeding stallion whose other progeny included Dubai Millennium, Flanders and Jazil. [1] Lujain's dam Satin Flower was a high-class racemare whose wins included the Jersey Stakes in 1991 [2] and went on to produce the 2005 UAE 1000 Guineas winner Satin Kiss. She was a great-great-granddaughter of Lea Lark, an American broodmare whose other descendants have included Tobougg, Miswaki, Almutawakel, Southern Halo, Peter Davies and White Muzzle [3]

Sheikh Mohammed sent the colt into training with David Loder at Newmarket, Suffolk.

Racing career

1998: two-year-old career

Lujain began his racing career in a maiden race over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse on 18 July and started the 4/9 favourite in a nine-runner field. Ridden as in all his races that year by Frankie Dettori he took the lead approaching the final furlong and drew away to win by three and a half lengths from Indian Warrior. [4] On 4 September the colt started odds-on favourite for a minor race at York Racecourse and won "very easily" by five lengths from Trinity. [5]

On 1 October Lujain was stepped up in class for the Group One Middle Park Stakes and was made the 8/11 favourite against six opponents. His opponents included Sheer Viking and the Irish challenger Borromini who had finished first and second in the Flying Childers Stakes. The other runners were Bertolini (July Stakes)m Sailing Shoes (runner-up in the Gimcrack Stakes), Belasco (third in the Mill Reef Stakes) and the John Dunlop-trained Vision of Night. Dettori restrained the colt in the early stages before making progress down the centre of the course and taking the lead approaching the final furlong. He accelerated clear of his rivals and won by four lengths from Bertolini despite edging to the right in the closing stages. [6] After the race Dettori said "All of a sudden he just zoomed by them, it was amazing. He's very willing, not lethargic at all. He's the perfect horse" whilst Loder commented "He's just a superb horse. He's a machine, isn't he? He hasn't been tested yet" before stating his confidence in the colt's ability to stay further. [7]

Two weeks later, Lujain attempted to complete a rare double when he moved up to seven furlongs for the Dewhurst Stakes and started the 9/2 third favourite behind Stravinsky and the Somerville Tattersall Stakes winner Enrique. He chased the leaders before weakening abruptly in the last quarter mile and finished tailed off in sixth place, more than twenty-two lengths behind the upset winner Mujahid. At the end of 1998 Lujain was transferred to Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin organisation, with Saeed bin Suroor taking over from Loder as his trainer.

1999: three-year-old career

In 1999 Lujain was campaigned over sprint distances, beginning his season in the six furlong Duke of York Stakes at York Racecourse in May. Ridden by Mick Kinane, he briefly took the lead a furlong out before fading into fifth place behind Sampower Star. The colt was reunited with Dettori for the King's Stand Stakes over five furlongs at Royal Ascot on 18 June. Lujain appeared to recover well from a poor start but weakened in the final furlong and finished twelfth of the seventeen runners. [8]

Stud record

Lujain was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at his owner's Dalham Hall stud and was also shuttled to stand in Australia. In 2006 he was exported to stand at the Elia Stud in Greece [9] where his last reported foals were born in 2011. His most successful offspring were Mixed Blessing (Princess Margaret Stakes), Ghetto Blaster, a Group 2 winner in Australia, and Stop Making Sense who won the Listed Prix du Haras de la Huderie and finished second in the Prix La Rochette in 2004. [10]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Lujain (USA), bay stallion, 1996 [11]
Sire
Seeking The Gold (USA)
1985		 Mr. Prospector (USA)
1970		 Raise a Native Native Dancer
Raise You
Gold Digger Nashua
Sequence
Con Game (USA)
1974		 Buckpasser Tom Fool
Busanda
Broadway Hasty Road
Flitabout
Dam
Satin Flower (USA)
1988		 Shadeed (USA)
1982		 Nijinsky Northern Dancer
Flaming Page
Continual Damascus
Continuation
Sateen (USA)
1976		 Round Table Princequillo
Knight's Daughter
Satin Forli
Lea Moon (Family: 16-g) [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Seeking The Gold - Stud Record". Racing Post.
  2. ↑ "Satin Flower - Record By Race Type". Racing Post.
  3. 1 2 "Polly Agnes - Family 16-g". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  4. ↑ "Castle Ashby Maiden Stakes result". Racing Post. 18 July 1998.
  5. ↑ "Newton Fund Managers Novice Stakes result". Racing Post. 3 September 1998.
  6. ↑ "Middle Park Stakes result". Racing Post. 1 October 1998.
  7. ↑ Richard Griffiths (2 October 1998). "Lujain has look of something special". Racing Post.
  8. ↑ "King's Stand Stakes result". Racing Post. 18 June 1999.
  9. ↑ Nancy Sexton (27 July 2006). "Middle Park ace Lujain to continue stud career in Greece". Racing Post.
  10. ↑ "Lujain - Stud Record". Racing Post.
  11. ↑ "Lujain pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
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